diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/PGProperty.java b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/PGProperty.java
index 5f2e216..2e56833 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/PGProperty.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/PGProperty.java
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ public enum PGProperty {
   DEFAULT_ROW_FETCH_SIZE("defaultRowFetchSize", "0",
       "Positive number of rows that should be fetched from the database when more rows are needed for ResultSet by each fetch iteration"),
 
+  /**
+   * Use binary format for sending and receiving data if possible.
+   */
+  BIT_TO_STRING("bitToString", "false",
+      "Auto Convert bit or bit(n) to String type in ResultSet.getObject"),
+
   /**
    * Use binary format for sending and receiving data if possible.
    */
diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/core/BaseConnection.java b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/core/BaseConnection.java
index df672cd..29b43f1 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/core/BaseConnection.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/core/BaseConnection.java
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ public interface BaseConnection extends PGConnection, Connection {
    */
   ClientLogic getClientLogic();
 
+  /**
+   * True if bit convert to string type else to boolean type, default is false.
+   * @return
+   */
+  boolean getBitToString();
+
   /**
    * Cancel the current query executing on this connection.
    *
diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/BooleanTypeUtil.java b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/BooleanTypeUtil.java
index 87cfbbf..7e56025 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/BooleanTypeUtil.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/BooleanTypeUtil.java
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ import org.postgresql.util.PSQLState;
 import org.postgresql.log.Logger;
 import org.postgresql.log.Log;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 
 /**
  * <p>Helper class to handle boolean type of PostgreSQL.</p>
@@ -21,6 +25,8 @@ import org.postgresql.log.Log;
 class BooleanTypeUtil {
 
   private static Log LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(BooleanTypeUtil.class.getName());
+  private static final Set<String> TRUE_SETS = Arrays.stream(new String[]{"1", "true", "t", "yes", "y", "on"}).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+  private static final Set<String> FALSE_SETS = Arrays.stream(new String[]{"0", "false", "f", "no", "n", "off"}).collect(Collectors.toSet());
 
   private BooleanTypeUtil() {
   }
@@ -54,19 +60,24 @@ class BooleanTypeUtil {
   private static boolean fromString(final String strval) throws PSQLException {
     // Leading or trailing whitespace is ignored, and case does not matter.
     final String val = strval.trim();
-    if ("1".equals(val) || "true".equalsIgnoreCase(val)
-        || "t".equalsIgnoreCase(val) || "yes".equalsIgnoreCase(val)
-        || "y".equalsIgnoreCase(val) || "on".equalsIgnoreCase(val)) {
+    if (isTrueStr(val)) {
       return true;
     }
-    if ("0".equals(val) || "false".equalsIgnoreCase(val)
-        || "f".equalsIgnoreCase(val) || "no".equalsIgnoreCase(val)
-        || "n".equalsIgnoreCase(val) || "off".equalsIgnoreCase(val)) {
+    if (isFalseStr(val)) {
       return false;
     }
     throw cannotCoerceException(strval);
   }
 
+  private static boolean isTrueStr(final String strval) {
+    return TRUE_SETS.contains(strval.toLowerCase());
+  }
+
+  private static boolean isFalseStr(final String strval) {
+    return FALSE_SETS.contains(strval.toLowerCase());
+  }
+
+
   private static boolean fromCharacter(final Character charval) throws PSQLException {
     if ('1' == charval || 't' == charval || 'T' == charval
         || 'y' == charval || 'Y' == charval) {
diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgConnection.java b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgConnection.java
index e2f77a6..7056343 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgConnection.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgConnection.java
@@ -77,10 +77,7 @@ import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.util.jar.Attributes;
-import java.util.jar.Manifest;
 import org.postgresql.core.types.PGClob;
 import org.postgresql.core.types.PGBlob;
 
@@ -166,6 +163,9 @@ public class PgConnection implements BaseConnection {
   // Current warnings; there might be more on queryExecutor too.
   private SQLWarning firstWarning = null;
 
+  // True if bit to string else bit to boolean.
+  private boolean bitToString = false;
+
   // Timer for scheduling TimerTasks for this connection.
   // Only instantiated if a task is actually scheduled.
   private volatile Timer cancelTimer = null;
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ public class PgConnection implements BaseConnection {
 
     this.creatingURL = url;
 
+    bitToString = PGProperty.BIT_TO_STRING.getBoolean(info);
     setDefaultFetchSize(PGProperty.DEFAULT_ROW_FETCH_SIZE.getInt(info));
 
     setPrepareThreshold(PGProperty.PREPARE_THRESHOLD.getInt(info));
@@ -1276,6 +1277,11 @@ public class PgConnection implements BaseConnection {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean getBitToString() {
+      return bitToString;
+  }
+
   public int getPrepareThreshold() {
     return prepareThreshold;
   }
diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgPreparedStatement.java b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgPreparedStatement.java
index 62b4ca7..ec22500 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgPreparedStatement.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgPreparedStatement.java
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ class PgPreparedStatement extends PgStatement implements PreparedStatement {
         }
     }
 
+  public void setBit(int parameterIndex, boolean x) throws SQLException {
+    checkClosed();
+    bindString(parameterIndex, x ? "1" : "0", Oid.BIT);
+  }
+
   public void setByte(int parameterIndex, byte x) throws SQLException {
     setShort(parameterIndex, x);
   }
@@ -632,9 +637,11 @@ class PgPreparedStatement extends PgStatement implements PreparedStatement {
         }
         break;
       case Types.BOOLEAN:
-      case Types.BIT:
         setBoolean(parameterIndex, BooleanTypeUtil.castToBoolean(in));
         break;
+      case Types.BIT:
+        setBit(parameterIndex, BooleanTypeUtil.castToBoolean(in));
+          break;
       case Types.BINARY:
       case Types.VARBINARY:
       case Types.LONGVARBINARY:
diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgResultSet.java b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgResultSet.java
index 5990176..382dd8c 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgResultSet.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgResultSet.java
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ import org.postgresql.util.PGobject;
 import org.postgresql.util.PGtokenizer;
 import org.postgresql.util.PSQLException;
 import org.postgresql.util.PSQLState;
-import org.postgresql.log.Logger;
-import org.postgresql.log.Log;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.CharArrayReader;
@@ -241,8 +239,9 @@ public class PgResultSet implements ResultSet, org.postgresql.PGRefCursorResultS
   protected Object internalGetObject(int columnIndex, Field field) throws SQLException {
     switch (getSQLType(columnIndex)) {
       case Types.BOOLEAN:
-      case Types.BIT:
         return getBoolean(columnIndex);
+      case Types.BIT:
+        return getBit(columnIndex);
       case Types.SQLXML:
         return getSQLXML(columnIndex);
       case Types.TINYINT:
@@ -2093,6 +2092,20 @@ public class PgResultSet implements ResultSet, org.postgresql.PGRefCursorResultS
     return BooleanTypeUtil.castToBoolean(getString(columnIndex));
   }
 
+  public Object getBit(int columnIndex) throws SQLException {
+    connection.getLogger().trace("[" + connection.getSocketAddress() + "] " + "  getBit columnIndex: " + columnIndex);
+    checkResultSet(columnIndex);
+    if (wasNullFlag) {
+      return null; // SQL NULL
+    }
+
+    String val = getString(columnIndex);
+    if (connection.getBitToString()) {
+      return val;
+    }
+    return BooleanTypeUtil.castToBoolean(val);
+  }
+
   private static final BigInteger BYTEMAX = new BigInteger(Byte.toString(Byte.MAX_VALUE));
   private static final BigInteger BYTEMIN = new BigInteger(Byte.toString(Byte.MIN_VALUE));
 
diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/test/java/org/postgresql/test/jdbc2/ResultSetBitNTest.java b/pgjdbc/src/test/java/org/postgresql/test/jdbc2/ResultSetBitNTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ec8158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/test/java/org/postgresql/test/jdbc2/ResultSetBitNTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ * See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+ */
+
+package org.postgresql.test.jdbc2;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.postgresql.test.TestUtil;
+import org.postgresql.util.PGobject;
+
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Statement;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/*
+ * ResultSet tests.
+ */
+public class ResultSetBitNTest extends BaseTest4 {
+  @Override
+  public void setUp() throws Exception {
+    super.setUp();
+    TestUtil.createTable(con, "test_bit", "id bit, id1 bit(1), id2 bit(10)");
+    String insertOne = "insert into test_bit (id, id1, id2) values ('1', b'0', b'1111100000')";
+    try (Statement stmt = con.createStatement()) {
+      stmt.executeUpdate(insertOne);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void tearDown() throws SQLException {
+    TestUtil.dropTable(con, "test_bit");
+    super.tearDown();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void updateProperties(Properties props) {
+    super.updateProperties(props);
+    props.setProperty("loggerLevel", "TRACE");
+    props.setProperty("bitToString", "true");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInsertDirectly() throws SQLException {
+    String insertSql = "insert into test_bit (id, id1, id2) values ('1', b'0', b'1111100000')";
+    try (Statement st = con.createStatement()) {
+      int number = st.executeUpdate(insertSql);
+      assertEquals(1, number);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInsertByPreparedStatementObj() throws SQLException {
+    String insertSql = "insert into test_bit (id, id1, id2) values (?::bit, ?::bit, ?)";
+    try (PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(insertSql)) {
+      ps.setObject(1, "1");
+      ps.setObject(2, "0");
+      PGobject pObj = new PGobject();
+      pObj.setType("bit");
+      pObj.setValue("1010111111");
+      ps.setObject(3, pObj);
+      boolean success = ps.execute();
+      assertFalse(success);
+      int num = ps.getUpdateCount();
+      assertEquals(1, num);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInsertByPreparedStatementString() throws SQLException {
+    String insertSql = "insert into test_bit (id, id1, id2) values (?::bit,?::bit,?)";
+    try (PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(insertSql)) {
+      ps.setString(1, "1");
+      ps.setString(2, "0");
+      PGobject pObj = new PGobject();
+      pObj.setType("bit");
+      pObj.setValue("1010111111");
+      ps.setObject(3, pObj);
+      boolean success = ps.execute();
+      assertFalse(success);
+      int num = ps.getUpdateCount();
+      assertEquals(1, num);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSelectDirectly() throws SQLException {
+      String sql = "select id, id1, id2 from test_bit";
+      try (Statement st = con.createStatement()) {
+        try (ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery(sql)) {
+          assertTrue(rs.next());
+          Object obj = rs.getObject(1);
+          assertEquals("1", obj);
+          Object obj1 = rs.getObject(2);
+          assertEquals("0", obj1);
+          Object obj2 = rs.getObject(3);
+          assertEquals("1111100000", obj2);
+        }
+      }
+  }
+}